AMS Recommended Early Childhood Classroom Materials List
| Subject | AMS Recommendation |
| Practical Life Arts and Crafts |
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| Grace and Courtesy | |
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Walking on a Line |
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| Rolling and unrolling a rug | |
| Moving Furniture | |
| Sequence of Pouring activities | |
| Sequence of Spooning / Spooning activities | |
| Sequence of Squeezing activities | |
| Sequence of Threading activities | |
| Sequence of Twisting activities | |
| Sequence of Folding activities | |
| Sweeping activities | |
| Mopping the floor | |
| Scrubbing a table / chair | |
| Washing a window (or mirror) | |
| Sequence of Polishing activities | |
| Watering a plant | |
| Flower arranging | |
| Feeding an animal | |
| Dressing frame - Small Buttons | |
| Dressing frame - Zipper | |
| Dressing Frame - Buckles | |
| Dressing Frame - Bow-tying | |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Dressing Frame - Buttoning Frame Large Buttons |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Dressing Frame - Lacing |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Dressing Frame - Safety Pin |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Dressing Frame - Snapping |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Dressing Frame - Velcro |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Dressing Frame Stand |
| Nose-blowing | |
| Hand-washing | |
| Clothes / Towel - Washing | |
| Ironing | |
| Sequence of Food Preparation and Serving activities | |
| Dish - Washing | |
| Outdoor Gardening activities | |
| Play Dough (or Clay) | |
| Crayons | |
| Sequence of Pasting / Glue activities | |
| Sequence of Scissor Cutting activities | |
| Sequence of Brush Painting activities | |
| Sequence of Sewing / Weaving activities | |
| Sensorial | |
| Red Rods | |
| Geometric Solids with Bases | |
| Cylinder Blocks (Knobbed Cylinders) - 4 blocks | |
| Pink Tower (Tower of Cubes) | |
| Brown Stairs (Broad Stair) | |
| Knobless Cylinders - 4 boxes | |
| Color Tablets - Box I | |
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Color Tablets - Box II |
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| Color Tablets - Box III | |
| Geometric Cabinet w/ Demonstration Tray and 3 sets of cards | |
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Constructive Triangles - 5 boxes: Triangle, Large Hexagon, Small Hexagon Rectangle |
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| Binomial Cube | |
| Trinomial Cube | |
| Sound Boxes (Sounds Cylinder) | |
| Bell material 2/ mallet and damper | |
| Rough and Smooth Boards - 2 or 3 boards | |
| Rough Gradation Tablets (Touch Tablets) | |
| Fabric matching (Touch Fabrics) | |
| Mystery Bag (Stereognostic) | |
| Baric Tablets | |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA OPTIONAL | Thermic Tablets |
| Smelling Bottles | |
| Tasting Exercise | |
| Sequence of Sorting Activities (by size, color, shape, etc.) | |
| Silence Game | |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | 12 Identical Blue Triangles |
| ETC EXTRA - INCLUDED | Parts of a Face |
| Math | |
| ETC EXTRA - INCLUDED | Developing Numeracy Kit I (Pre-Math) |
| Red and Blue Rods | |
| Sandpaper Numerals | |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Sandpaper Numerals Box |
| Spindle Boxes | |
| Numerals and Counters (Cards and Counters / Odds and Evens) | |
| Memory Game | |
| Golden Beads - Intro to Decimal Quantity (One Tray) | |
| Golden Beads - Large and Small Numeral Cards | |
| Golden Beads - Intro to Decimal System (Nine Tray / Function of Decimal System) | |
| Golden Beads - Four Operations (Addition, Multiplication, Subtraction, Division) | |
| Stamp Game | |
| Teen Boards (Séguin Boards) and Beads | |
| Tens Boards (Séguin Boards) and Beads | |
| Hundred Board | |
| Short Bead Stair | |
| Short Bead Chains (Square chains) w/ squares and arrows | |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Bead Material Cabinet |
| Long Bead Chains (Cube chains w/ cubes and arrows | |
| Addition Snake Game | |
| Addition Snake Game Kit I | |
| Addition Snake Game Kit II | |
| Addition w/ Bead Bars | |
| Multiplication w/ Bead Bars | |
| Addition Strip Board and Tables | |
| Subtraction Strip Board and Tables | |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA OPTIONAL | Multiplication Board and Tables |
| Unit Division Board and Tables | |
| Addition Working Charts (Finger Charts, etc.) | |
| Subtraction Working Charts (Finger Charts, etc.) | |
| Multiplication Working Charts (Finger Charts, etc.) | |
| Division Working Charts (Finger Charts, etc.) | |
| Multiplication w/ Bead Bars | |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Large Fraction Skittles |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Large Skittle Stand |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Fraction Circles |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Fraction Circle Stand |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Printed Numerals |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Printed Numerals Box |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Loose Spindle Box |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Control Chart for Hundred Board |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA OPTIONAL | Small Numerical Rods |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA OPTIONAL | Set of 10 Wooden Cube of 1000 |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA OPTIONAL | Set of 10 Wooden Square of 100 |
| Language | |
| Oral Language Development activities (Sharing news, Fingerplays, songs, stories, etc.) | |
| Child Library Area w/fiction and non-fiction picture books | |
| Picture/Object matching | |
| Picture/Picture matching | |
| Classified Three part Cards (Pictures, Labels, Control Cards) | |
| Classified Picture cards for vocabulary and sorting by category | |
| Phonemic awareness activities w/ objects or pictures (I Spy) | |
| Metal Insets, trays, paper | |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA OPTIONAL | Colored Pencils |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA OPTIONAL | Pencil Holders |
| Sandpaper Letters (International Print) | |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Sandpaper Letters Box |
| Sand Tray | |
| Large Movable Alphabet - composition of words and phrases (International Print) | |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Large Movable Alphabet - composition of words and phrases (International Print) |
| Box for Large Movable Alphabet | |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Box for Large Movable Alphabet |
| Small Chalkboards or whiteboards for writing | |
| Writing Sequence | |
| Comprehensive writing program | |
| Object Box I: Intro to reading phonetic words | |
| Picture / word matching - phonetic | |
| Object Box II: Intro to reading words w/ phonograms | |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA OPTIONAL | Double Sandpaper Letters (US Cursive) |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA OPTIONAL | Double Sandpaper Letters Box |
| Picture /word matching w/ phonograms | |
| silent 'e | |
| Puzzle Words (for English) | |
| Environmental Labels | |
| Action Commands | |
| Series of Phonics-based Readers | |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | 3D Grammar Symbols with bases and Tray |
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Cultural (Geography, History, |
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| NIENHUIS EXTRA OPTIONAL | Land and Water Forms Set I and Set II |
| Land and Water Forms Three Part Cards and Definitions | |
| Globe of Land and Water (Sandpaper Globe) | |
| Globe of the Continents (Continents Globe) | |
| Puzzle Map - World Parts (Hemispheres) | |
| Puzzle Map - North America | |
| Puzzle Map - South America | |
| Puzzle Map - Europe | |
| Puzzle Map - Asia | |
| Puzzle Map - Africa | |
| Puzzle Map - Australia | |
| Puzzle Map - A country e.g. USA, Mexico, Canada, Japan, China, etc.) | |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Puzzle Map Stand |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | World Control Map Labeled |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | World Control Map Unlabeled |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Australia Control Map Labeled |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Australia Control Map Unlabeled |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Europe Control Map Labeled |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Europe Control Map Unlabeled |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Asia Control Map Labeled |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Asia Control Map Unlabeled |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | North America Control Map Labeled |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | North America Control Map Unlabeled |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | South America Control Map Labeled |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | South America Control Map Unlabeled |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Africa Control Map Labeled |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Africa Control Map Unlabeled |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | United States Control Map Labeled |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | United States Control Map Unlabeled |
| NIENHUIS & ETC EXTRA - INCLUDED | Globe of Land and Water Painted |
| ETC EXTRA - INCLUDED | Weather Patterns 3 Part Cards |
| ETC EXTRA - INCLUDED | Planets of the Solar System |
| Tool and felt pad for pin-pricking maps | |
| Packets of Pictures for Continents / Countries | |
| Flags | |
| Calendar | |
| Clock | |
| Classification: Living/Non-Living picture cards | |
| Classified Picture Cards - Animals | |
| Classified Picture Cards - Plants | |
| Classification: Animal/Plant picture cards | |
| Parts of a Horse (mammal) | |
| Parts of a Bird | |
| Parts of a Turtle (reptile) | |
| Parts of a Frog (amphibian) | |
| Parts of a Fish | |
| Botany Cabinet (Leaf shapes) and cards | |
| Parts of a Plant (tree) | |
| Parts of a Flower | |
| Parts of a leaf | |
| Sink/Float activity | |
| Magnetic/Non-magnetic activity | |
| Solid to Liquid to Gas activity | |
| Cultural Exploration of the World (Continents, Countries, Food, Traditions) | |
| Observation of Seasons Activities | |
| Study of Clocks, Learning Time | |
| Timeline of a Child's Life | |
| Musical Instruments | |
| History Activities | |
| Nomenclature Cards (cultural) | |
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Life Cycle of an Animal |
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| Life Cycle of a Plant | |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Botany Puzzle Cabinet |
| NIENHUIS 7 ETC EXTRA - INCLUDED | Botany Puzzle Tree |
| NIENHUIS & ETC EXTRA - INCLUDED | Botany Puzzle Flower |
| NIENHUIS & ETC EXTRA - INCLUDED | Botany Puzzle Leaf |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Botany Puzzle Root |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Botany Puzzle Copy Masters |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Animal Puzzle Cabinet |
| NIENHUIS & ETC EXTRA - INCLUDED | Animal Puzzle Horse |
| NIENHUIS & ETC EXTRA - INCLUDED | Animal Puzzle Frog |
| NIENHUIS & ETC EXTRA - INCLUDED | Animal Puzzle Fish |
| NIENHUIS & ETC EXTRA - INCLUDED | Animal Puzzle Turtle |
| NIENHUIS & ETC EXTRA - INCLUDED | Animal Puzzle Bird |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED | Animal Puzzle Copy Masters |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA OPTIONAL | Botany Cabinet |
| NIENHUIS EXTRA OPTIONAL | Botany Cabinet Control Chart |